Grade 9 · Social Studies · Unit 14 of 15
Poverty & Sustainability
Fair sharing, stewardship and choices that last.
What your child practises
Practises poverty issues in Canada and ideas for a more equitable society, environmental stewardship and sustainability, and the effect of consumer choices.
Manitoba Curriculum learning outcome: 9-KE-052, 9-KL-028, 9-VE-017, 9-VE-018, 9-VL-007, 9-S-103 · poverty, environmental stewardship, consumer choices and sustainable development
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
Which is a factor that can lead to child poverty?
- a big backyard
- low family income and high costs of living
- a nearby park
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low family income and high costs of living
Hint: Policies can help families.
Question 2
Why is nutrition important in schools?
- it replaces teachers
- children learn better when they are fed
- it makes lessons shorter
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children learn better when they are fed
Hint: School breakfast programs help.
Question 3
Which action helps the environment at home?
- recycling and composting
- dumping paint in drains
- idling the car
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recycling and composting
Hint: Reduce, reuse, recycle.
Question 4
Equity means…
- giving people what they need to have a fair chance
- giving everyone the same thing
- ignoring differences
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giving people what they need to have a fair chance
Hint: Different people may need different supports.
Question 5
Which statement shows ethical thinking about sharing resources?
- Resources never need sharing
- Everyone should have access to clean water and food
- Only some deserve food
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Everyone should have access to clean water and food
Hint: Ethics asks what is fair.
Question 6
A proposal to make a more equitable society could include…
- raising access to housing, food and education
- ignoring evidence
- cutting every service
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raising access to housing, food and education
Hint: Ideas should be backed by evidence.